Product Description

The sixth edition offers a completely integrated text and media solution that will enable students to learn more effectively and professors to teach more efficiently. The text includes a new strategic problem-solving approach, an integrated Maths Tutorial, and new tools to improve conceptual understanding. It is available in these versions: "Volume 1 Mechanics/Oscillations and Waves/Thermodynamics" (Chapters 1-20), "Volume 2 Electricity and Magnetism/Light (Chapters 21-33)", "Volume 3 Elementary Modern Physics" (Chapters 34-41), "Standard Version" (Chapters 1-33), and "Extended Version" (Chapters 1-41).

Product Details

• Amazon Sales Rank: #69977 in Books
• Published on: 2007-09-30
• Original language: English
• Binding: Hardcover
• 1356 pages

From the Publisher
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Contents: Volume 1

Systems of Measurement

PART 1: MECHANICS

Motion in One Dimension

Motion in Two and Three Dimensions

Newton's Laws

Applications of Newton's Laws

Work and Energy

Conservation of Energy

Systems of Particles and Conservation of Momentum

Rotation

Conservation of Angular Momentum

Gravity

Static Equilibrium and Elasticity

Fluids

PART 2: OSCILLATIONS, WAVES AND QUANTUM PHYSICS

Oscillations

Wave Motion

Superposition and Standing Waves

Wave-Particle Duality and Quantum Physics

PART 3: THERMODYNAMICS

Temperature and the Kinetic Theory of Gases

Heat and the First Law

The Second Law

Thermal Properties and Processes

Volume 2

PART 4: ELECTRICITY AND MAGNETISM

The Electric Field: Discrete Charge Distributions

The Electric Field II: Continuous Charge Distributions

Electric Potential

Electrostatic Energy and Capacitance

Electric Current and DC Circuits

Microscopic Theory of Electrical Conduction

The Magnetic Field

Sources of the Magnetic Field

Magnetic Induction

AC Circuits

Maxwell's Equations and Electromagnetic Waves

PART 5: OPTICS

Properties of Light

Optical Images

Interference and Diffraction

Volume 3

PART 6: MODERN PHYSICS

Applications of the Schrödinger Equation

Atoms

Molecules and Solids

Relativity

Nuclear Physics

Elementary Particles and the Evolution of the Universe

About the Author
PAUL A. TIPLER, formerly of Oakland University, USA. GENE MOSCA, United States Naval Academy, USA.

Customer Reviews

BUY THIS BOOK!!!!
Tipler is excellent!!! - If you're doing 1st year physics this book is an essential buy!

It takes you though the key concepts of each topic and tells you everything you need to know, the examples are clear and written in simple, plain English.

It's especially usefully when you've forgotten something really simple and all your other books assume you already know it. Tipler tells you everything!!

A good introductory book but no advanced material
This book is a good introduction to a variety of physics topics; all of the basics are laid out clearly with simple examples for clarification. If you're doing A-Levels or just starting your degree, you'll find this book provides a good introduction to physics without being too daunting or mathematically intense.
Unfortunately, its usefulness is short-lived as there is no advanced material or guidance for solving harder problems. Certainly, whilst this book was a great help to me last year, now that I'm in the second year of my degree I'm finding that it falls far short of what I need.

physics freshers bible
If you are taking 1st year physics, you will do well to survive without this. Covers all of the material needed for the course with clear examples and the english is surprisingly good for a scientific book!